Sociology of Cultural Production and Consumption

This course is designed to introduce students to sociology applied to cultural production and consumption, providing examples of symbolic goods and examining the functioning of cultural industries that produce them. The course also aims to analyse consumption practices and the related dynamics of differentiation and identification. Finally, it provides the tools to recognise, analyse and critically interpret cultural products and consumptions, as well as tools for their promotion.

By the end of the course, students will have acquired the following outcomes: knowledge of the main theories in the field of sociology of cultural production and consumption; understanding of the texts of the authors studied; ability to identify cultural products and their symbolic meaning, understanding the interactions between consumption and production dynamics and applying their knowledge to real cases.